Tommy Greene vs. Mariano Rivera — Career Comparison

Tommy Greene
Gen XNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mariano Rivera
Gen XPanamaThrows RightBats RightCentral AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherAll-Star

Tommy Greene built a career as a starting pitcher and Mariano Rivera as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mariano Rivera led in home run suppression (HR9+ 195 vs 125), run prevention (ERA+ 177 vs 114), and walk avoidance (BB%+ 165 vs 105). Tommy Greene held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 127 vs 99). Role difference aside, Mariano Rivera holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Tommy Greene and Mariano Rivera

Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
1.71
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1115
7.82
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
1.39
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.54
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.57
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.36
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.42
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.32
60.32
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.75
57.75
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.51
81.51
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.16
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.07
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
652
4.57
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
4.14
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
315
2.21
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.09
2.09
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.211
0.211
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
1884
27
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3851
27
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
628
9
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1283.2
9
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
591
8.47
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
998
7
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.47
8.47
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
0.89
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.5
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
241
3.45
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
2.01
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.16
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.29
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.45
3.45
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.01
2.01
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
461
6.61
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1173
8.22
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.61
6.61
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.22
8.22
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.118
1.118
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.137
1.137
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.46
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.09
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.14
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.32
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2690
38.55
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5103
35.78
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.1
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
952
6.67
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
310
4.44
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
2.38
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.5
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.18
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.37
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.18
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.46
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.62
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.325
1.325
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2378
34.08
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4720
33.09
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.61
2.61
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.55
38.55
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.78
35.78

Fielding Stats for Tommy Greene and Mariano Rivera

Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
1.71
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1115
7.82
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
1.39
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
1884
27
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3851
27
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
628
9
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1283.2
9
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.44
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
0.77
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.87
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
1.81
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.09
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
1.4
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
374
2.62
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
1.32
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
368
2.58
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.88
93.88
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.4
98.4
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.773
0.773
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.51
81.51
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tommy Greene and Mariano Rivera

Tommy Greene
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 600 PA
122
303.73
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1115
167250
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
241
600
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
213
530.29
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.61
0.61
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
117.01
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
89.63
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
17.43
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
9.96
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
27.39
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.085
0.085
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.65
43.93
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
5.31
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
164.32
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
146.89
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.089
0.089
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.195
0.195
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.285
0.285
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
49.79
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
47.3
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
87.14
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.18
45.27
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
1.04
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
29.88
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59
146.89
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
150
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.08
4.08
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
37.34
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.49
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.47
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 600 PA
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA